MassCOSH Founders and Early Activists Honor MassCOSH’s 40 Years!

April 13, 2017

In 1976, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health was founded, growing out of Urban Planning Aid’s Industrial Health and Safety Project. The founding convention/conference was held on April 3, 1976, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Active committees accomplished on-going work for the organization: the MassCOSH Health-Technical Committee, the MassCOSH Legal Committee, and the MassCOSH Steering Committee. In 1979, MassCOSH hired its first paid staff person. New committees formed (e.g. the MassCOSH Women’s Committee) and new activists became involved. These early organizational founders and activists built the foundation upon which MassCOSH grows and thrives today. And today MassCOSH Founders and Early Activists pay tribute to all who have carried on MassCOSH’s important and inspiring work over the last four decades.
Contributions to celebrate MassCOSH’s 40th Anniversary have been made by the following MassCOSH Founders/Early Activists: